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Chapter 2 UP ON THE MOORS
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Chapter 2 UP ON THE MOORS1
Mr. Luffy was not a good driver. He went too fast, especially round the corners, and many timesJulian looked behind at the trailer in alarm, afraid that everything would suddenly leap off it atsome sharp bend.
He saw the bundle of sleeping-bags jump high into the air, but fortunately they remained on thetrailer. He touched Mr. Luffy on the shoulder.
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'Sir! Could you go a bit slower, please! The trailer will be empty by the time we arrive, if theluggage leaps about on it much more.'
'My word! I forgot we had a trailer,' said Mr. Luffy, slowing down at once. 'Remind me if I goover thirty-five miles an hour, will you? Last time I took the trailer with me, I arrived with onlyhalf the goods on it. I don't want that to happen again.'
Julian certainly hoped it wouldn't. He kept a sharp eye on the speedometer, and when it veeredtowards forty he tapped Mr. Luffy on the arm.
Mr. Luffy looked supremely3 happy. He didn't like term time, but he loved holidays. Term timeinterfered with the study of his beloved insect-world. Now he was off with four nice children heliked, for a holiday on a moorland he knew was alive with bees, beetles5, butterflies and everyother kind of insect he wanted. He looked forward to teaching the four children quite a lot. Theywould have been horrified6 if they guessed this, but they didn't.
He was an odd-looking fellow. He had very untidy, shaggy eyebrows7 over kind and gentle browneyes that always reminded Dick of a monkey's. He had a rather large nose, which looked fiercerthan it was because, unexpectedly, it had quite a forest of hairs growing out of the nostrils8. Hehad an untidy moustache, and a round chin with a surprising dimple in the middle of it.
His ears always fascinated Anne. They were large and turned rather forward, and Mr. Luffycould waggle the right one if he wanted to. To his great sorrow he had never been able to wagglethe left one. His hair was thick and untidy, and his clothes always looked loose, comfortable andrather too big for him.
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1 moors | |
v.停泊,系泊(船只)( moor的第三人称单数 ) | |
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2 moor | |
n.荒野,沼泽;vt.(使)停泊;vi.停泊 | |
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3 supremely | |
adv.无上地,崇高地 | |
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4 interfere | |
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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5 beetles | |
n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 ) | |
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6 horrified | |
a.(表现出)恐惧的 | |
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7 eyebrows | |
眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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8 nostrils | |
鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 ) | |
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9 bully | |
n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮 | |
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10 bullying | |
v.恐吓,威逼( bully的现在分词 );豪;跋扈 | |
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11 pounced | |
v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击) | |
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12 peg | |
n.木栓,木钉;vt.用木钉钉,用短桩固定 | |
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13 chatter | |
vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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14 contented | |
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15 remarkably | |
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16 lettuce | |
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17 sardine | |
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18 ginger | |
n.姜,精力,淡赤黄色;adj.淡赤黄色的;vt.使活泼,使有生气 | |
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19 crumbs | |
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式 | |
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20 seethe | |
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21 ablaze | |
adj.着火的,燃烧的;闪耀的,灯火辉煌的 | |
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22 steadily | |
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23 yelped | |
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24 decided | |
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25 thoroughly | |
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26 kindly | |
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27 unpack | |
vt.打开包裹(或行李),卸货 | |
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28 scrambled | |
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29 pointed | |
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30 farmhouse | |
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31 orchard | |
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32 munched | |
v.用力咀嚼(某物),大嚼( munch的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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33 cosy | |
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34 grunt | |
v.嘟哝;作呼噜声;n.呼噜声,嘟哝 | |
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